War, what is it good for? Rule to remember-War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman The items below should be related to the major and minor conflicts of the 20th century impacted American and the world. Examples should include the causes of wars, how are they fought, when should they end, how can be peace be made successfully? 1900 1910 1920 1930 Spanish-American War- A “splendid little war” between the United States and Spain that started on April 25th and ended on August 12th, 1898. The conflict was started when the United States became involved in the conflict between the Spanish and the inhabitants of Cuba. When the USS Maine went to Cuba to project American and exploded in the harbor the United States blamed the Spanish and declared war. The war was relatively short and one-sided since the United States was a rising world power and the Spanish were losing their long-held empire. When the conflict concluded the United States won Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Filipinos that expected independence after the defeat of the Spanish were disappointed by the U.S. occupation and fought a violent rebellion which was brutally suppressed.
The U.S. commenced the desert storm on January 15,16,17,18 1991 (called which eventually leads to Iraq being expelled from Kuwait.
Iraq was removed from Kuwait(Jan-February of 1991. The United Nations establish an Iraqi no fly zone were established, ostensibly to help protect the Shi'ite and Kurdish regions of the country from Saddam’s Forces.
Rule to remember-War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman
The items below should be related to the major and minor conflicts of the 20th century impacted American and the world. Examples should include the causes of wars, how are they fought, when should they end, how can be peace be made successfully?
1900
1910
1920
1930
Spanish-American War-
A “splendid little war” between the United States and Spain that started on April 25th and ended on August 12th, 1898. The conflict was started when the United States became involved in the conflict between the Spanish and the inhabitants of Cuba. When the USS Maine went to Cuba to project American and exploded in the harbor the United States blamed the Spanish and declared war. The war was relatively short and one-sided since the United States was a rising world power and the Spanish were losing their long-held empire. When the conflict concluded the United States won Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Filipinos that expected independence after the defeat of the Spanish were disappointed by the U.S. occupation and fought a violent rebellion which was brutally suppressed.
1900
1910
Kingdom, Italy, US and the central powers Germany, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman Empire
1920
1930
1940
United States
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Charles De Gaulle
Josef Stalin
Mussolini
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Guadalcanal
War crimes trials
Tokyo War crime trials
Nuremberg
Vs.
Peoples Republic of Korea and China supported by the Soviet Union
Khrushchev and Chairman Mao
Operation Ripper
Pusan
Inchon
1950
1960
United states
Philippines
Thailand
Ho Chi Minh
John F Kennedy
Robert Mcnamara
Tet offensive
Fall of Saigon
1970
1980
1990
2000
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000